NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES FLASH FLOOD WATCH
The National Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for the following counties: ANDERSON, BLOUNT, KNOX, MORGAN, ROANE, AND SCOTT The watch goes into effect Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 8 a.m. e ...
GRAND JURY HANDS DOWN MURDER CHARGES AGAINST PARKS, HOLLOWAY AND AIKENS
A Roane County grand jury handed down first-degree murder charges against 40-year-old Shane Douglas Parks of Harriman, 40-year-old Nicholas Ryan Holloway of Rockwood and 36-year-old Joshua Keith Aiken ...
INFORMATION ON THE NEW TENNESSEE PERMITLESS HANDGUN CARRY LAW
Tennessee’s permitless handgun carry law goes into effect tomorrow (July 1, 2021). Despite the TBI and the Tennessee Sheriff’s Associations opposition to his legislation that would end gun permits in ...
LIGHTNING STRIKES CHURCH IN WESTEL
Firefighters in Cumberland County as well as in Rockwood responded to Westel Baptist Church on Highway 70 around 6 p.m. eastern yesterday. A motorist passing by reported smoke was coming from the smal ...
COMMISSIONERS TOUR OLD BANK FOR POSSIBLE LOCATION OF COUNTY ARCHIVES
Members of the Cumberland County Commission toured the old Progressive Bank building on Highway 127 South near the health department late this afternoon. The purpose was to consider it as a future loc ...
CUMBERLAND CO. GRAND JURY ISSUES INDICTMENTS – NAMES IN STORY
A Cumberland County grand jury met yesterday (Monday, June 28, 2021) and issued several indictments: MATTHEW RAYMOND ALCORN – several counts including possession of meth, possession of a Schedule II ...
DRUG ARREST TAKES PLACE AT EXECUTIVE INN IN CROSSVILLE
While on patrol yesterday morning, a Crossville police officer observed at the Executive Inn an occupied vehicle in an area not frequently used. The report states 52-year-old Chad L. Cosens of Pikevil ...
CUMBERLAND CO. RESCUE SQUAD ASSISTS IN SEARCH FOR SUMMER WELLS
With the ongoing search for 5-year-old Summer Wells in Hawkins County, the TBI requested a state wide call out again Sunday from Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads. Several agencies responded inc ...
STOLEN TRUCK RESULTS IN POLICE CHASE ON LANTANA ROAD
Crossville police received information Saturday a Chevy pickup truck was stolen from a gas station on Elmore Road. Officers saw the vehicle heading south on Main Street and attempted to stop the drive ...
TDOT TO SUSPEND ROAD CONSTRUCTION LANE CLOSURES FOR 4th OF JULY HOLIDAY
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes for the 4th of July holiday beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, July 2, 2021 unti ...
CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN STATE PARK UNVEILS CABIN RENOVATIONS
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation officials yesterday rededicated newly renovated cabins at Cumberland Mountain State Park in Cumberland County. They were first built during the Gr ...
MOTORIST HURT AFTER VEHICLE FLIPS OVER TWICE ON BEAR CREEK ROAD
Deputies responded to a single vehicle accident last Thursday on Bear Creek Road in Cumberland County close to the Fentress County line. Officers state in their report released today an automobile ope ...
